SheetMetal AddRelief
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| Menu location |
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| SheetMetal → Make Relief |
| Workbenches |
| SheetMetal |
| Default shortcut |
| S R |
| Introduced in version |
| - |
| See also |
| SheetMetal AddJunction, SheetMetal AddBend |
Description[edit | edit source]
The SheetMetal AddRelief command creates corner reliefs, cutouts, at the points where three sections (base plate/walls/flanges) of a sheet metal object meet. Without these reliefs the object will not be unfoldable.
This command is the first of three steps to convert a shell object made with the Part Workbench or PartDesign Workbench into an unfoldable sheet metal object:
Make Relief - cut off corners
Usage[edit | edit source]
- Select one or more corner vertex(es).
- There are several ways to invoke the command:
- Press the
Make Relief button.
- Select the SheetMetal →
Make Relief option from the menu.
- Right-click in the Tree View or the 3D View and select the Sheet Metal →
Make Relief option from the context menu.
- Use the keyboard shortcut: S then R.
- Press the
- The Corner relief on solid parameters Task Panel opens (introduced in version 0.5.00).
- Optionally press the Select button to add more vertices.
- Press the Preview button to finish the selection and display the changes.
- Optionally adjust the parameters in the Task Panel.
- Press the OK button to finish the command and close the Task Panel.
- A CornerRelief object will be created consisting of one new corner relief at each selected vertex.
- Optionally adjust the parameters in the Property View.
Notes[edit | edit source]
The commands SheetMetal AddRelief,
SheetMetal AddJunction, and
SheetMetal AddBend work best with hollow cuboids i.e. shell objects with a constant thickness and only 90° angles between faces.
Shell objects can be created with commands from the Part Workbench
or the
PartDesign Workbench.
To create a hollow cuboid with the Part Workbench:
- Create a solid using either:
Part Box.
Part Extrude from:
- A
Draft Rectangle.
- A
Draft Wire.
- A
Sketch.
- A
- Use
Part Thickness to create a shell object from the solid (Typically with the thickness value of the sheet metal).
To create a hollow cuboid with the PartDesign Workbench:
- Create a solid using either:
Additive Box.
PartDesign Pad from a
Sketch.
- Use
PartDesign Thickness to create a shell object from the solid (Typically with the thickness value of the sheet metal).
Properties[edit | edit source]
See also: Property View.
A SheetMetal Relief object is derived from a Part Feature object or, if it is inside a PartDesign Body, from a PartDesign Feature object, and inherits all its properties. It also has the following additional properties:
Data[edit | edit source]
Parameters
- Database Object (
LinkSub): "Base Object". Links to the corner vertexes defining relief positions. - Datarelief (
Length): "Relief Size". Default:2,00 mm.